List of countries by 4G LTE penetration

This is a list of countries by 4G penetration.

2021 rankings

The following is a list of countries/territories by 4G LTE coverage as measured by SpeedChecker in 2021.[1]

Rank Country/Territory Penetration
1  Japan 100.0%
2  South Korea 99.2%
3  United States 97.1%
4  Netherlands 96.6%
5  Denmark 94.8%
6   Switzerland 94.6%
7  Taiwan 94.5%
8  Belgium 94.4%
9  Norway 94.1%
10  Singapore 94.1%
11  Hong Kong 93.8%
12  Lithuania 93.1%
13  Estonia 92.9%
14  Germany 92.5%
15  Finland 92.5%
16  Cyprus 92.1%
17  Qatar 91.9%
18  Czech Republic 91.9%
19  Canada 91.9%
20  United Arab Emirates 91.5%
21  United Kingdom 91.3%
22  Sweden 90.1%
23  Italy 90.1%
24  Hungary 90.0%
25  Puerto Rico 89.8%
26  Bahrain 89.5%
27  France 89.1%
28  Poland 89.1%
29  Slovakia 88.9%
30  Austria 88.8%
31  Australia 88.5%
32  Latvia 88.4%
33  Slovenia 88.0%
34  Kyrgyzstan 87.2%
35  Portugal 87.2%
36  Greece 86.9%
37  Romania 86.6%
38  North Macedonia 86.0%
39  Iceland 86.0%
40  Bulgaria 86.0%
41  Croatia 85.4%
42  Spain 84.6%
43  Serbia 84.3%
44  Georgia 83.4%
45  Thailand 83.3%
46  South Africa 83.1%
47  Luxembourg 82.7%
48  China 82.5%
49  Israel 81.8%
50  Cambodia 81.8%
51  Malaysia 81.7%
52  New Zealand 81.0%
53  Vietnam 80.7%
54  India 80.6%
55  Philippines 80.5%
56  Morocco 79.7%
57  Albania 79.4%
58  Turkey 79.3%
59  Lebanon 79.3%
60  Saudi Arabia 79.2%
61  Russia 79.1%
62  Dominican Republic 78.4%
63  Sri Lanka 77.8%
64  Indonesia 77.6%
65  Ireland 76.9%
66  Oman 76.9%
67  Myanmar 76.9%
68  Guatemala 76.7%
69  Pakistan 75.9%
70  Azerbaijan 75.7%
71  Argentina 74.9%
72  Egypt 74.1%
73  Panama 73.0%
74  Mexico 73.0%
75  Peru 72.5%
76  Kuwait 71.8%
77  El Salvador 71.3%
78  Jordan 71.0%
79  Kazakhstan 71.0%
80  Chile 70.5%
81  Uruguay 70.4%
82  Tunisia 70.4%
83  Uzbekistan 69.8%
84  Costa Rica 69.5%
85  Honduras 69.5%
86  Moldova 68.4%
87  Paraguay 67.9%
88  Brazil 67.5%
89  Jamaica 67.5%
90  Ukraine 67.3%
91  Mongolia 67.1%
92  Bangladesh 66.7%
93  Kenya 65.9%
94  Zambia 64.7%
95  Nicaragua 64.2%
96  Iraq 63.3%
97  Colombia 63.1%
98  Nigeria 62.6%
99    Nepal 61.0%
100  Bolivia 58.4%
101  Algeria 58.4%
102  Ecuador 57.7%
103  Ghana 56.8%
104  Ivory Coast 55.0%
105  Senegal 54.4%
106  Belarus 48.0%

2019 Q1 rankings

The following is a list of countries/territories by 4G LTE coverage as measured by OpenSignal.com in January, February and March 2019.[2][3]

Rank Country/Territory Penetration
1  South Korea 97.5%
2  Japan 96.3%
3  Norway 95.5%
4  Hong Kong 94.1%
5  United States 93.0%
6  Taiwan 92.8%
7  Netherlands 92.8%
8  Hungary 91.4%
9  Sweden 91.1%
10  India 90.9%
11  Czech Republic 90.6%
12  Belgium 90.4%
13  Australia 90.3%
14  Singapore 90.2%
15  Kuwait 90.0%
16   Switzerland 89.6%
17  Finland 89.5%
18  Canada 88.8%
19  Denmark 88.6%
20  Thailand 88.0%
21  Spain 87.4%
22  United Arab Emirates 87.3%
23  Austria 86.6%
24  Qatar 86.2%
25  United Kingdom 84.7%
26  Slovakia 84.5%
27  Serbia 83.8%
28  Indonesia 83.5%
29  Croatia 83.4%
30  Peru 83.3%
31  Greece 83.2%
32  Myanmar 83.2%
33  Poland 82.9%
34  Portugal 82.6%
35  Oman 82.6%
36  Panama 81.5%
37  Bahrain 81.2%
38  Cambodia 81.1%
39  Kazakhstan 81.0%
40  Mexico 79.8%
41  France 79.7%
42  Malaysia 79.6%
43  Bulgaria 79.5%
44  Paraguay 79.1%
45  Turkey 79.0%
46  Italy 79.0%
47  Argentina 79.0%
48  Saudi Arabia 78.9%
49  Romania 78.8%
50  Bolivia 78.7%
51  Lebanon 78.6%
52  Vietnam 78.4%
53  Senegal 77.2%
54  Germany 76.9%
55  Morocco 76.8%
56  Chile 76.7%
57  New Zealand 76.5%
58  South Africa 75.9%
59  Pakistan 74.9%
60  Kenya 74.2%
61  Russia 73.9%
62  Dominican Republic 73.6%
63  Colombia 73.3%
64  Jordan 73.3%
65  Guatemala 73.1%
66  Azerbaijan 72.9%
67  Philippines 72.4%
68  Albania 72.2%
69  Brazil 72.0%
70  Ivory Coast 71.8%
71  Tunisia 71.8%
72  Israel 69.5%
73  Sri Lanka 68.9%
74  Belarus 68.6%
75  Ukraine 66.4%
76  Costa Rica 65.8%
77  Bangladesh 65.8%
78  Egypt 65.4%
79  Ireland 63.7%
80  Nigeria 63.0%
81  El Salvador 62.8%
82  Ghana 61.2%
83  Iraq 59.7%
84    Nepal 57.6%
85  Ecuador 57.1%
86  Algeria 56.5%
87  Uzbekistan 49.9%

2017 Q4 rankings

The following is a list of countries/territories by 4G LTE coverage as measured by OpenSignal.com in October, November and December 2017.[4]

Rank Country/Territory Penetration
1  South Korea 97.49%
2  Japan 94.70%
3  Norway 92.16%
4  Hong Kong 90.34%
5  United States 90.32%
6  Netherlands 89.64%
7  Hungary 89.26%
8  Kuwait 88.40%
9  Lithuania 88.40%
10  Czech Republic 87.37%
11  Sweden 87.31%
12  Taiwan 87.08%
13  Australia 86.48%
14  India 86.26%
15  Thailand 85.58%
16   Switzerland 85.39%
17  Belgium 85.11%
18  Qatar 84.47%
19  Singapore 84.43%
20  Estonia 84.21%
21  Latvia 84.17%
22  United Arab Emirates 83.78%
23  Spain 83.73%
24  Finland 82.79%
25  Macedonia 82.62%
26  Canada 82.38%
27  Uruguay 81.59%
28  Denmark 80.50%
29  Croatia 80.44%
30  Luxembourg 79.95%
31  Slovenia 79.22%
32  Bahrain 79.02%
33  Slovakia 78.96%
34  Peru 78.67%
35  Oman 78.41%
36  United Kingdom 77.28%
37  Mexico 76.95%
38  Greece 76.04%
39  Austria 75.60%
40  Portugal 75.57%
41  Serbia 75.19%
42  Malaysia 74.88%
43  Georgia 74.54%
44  Lebanon 74.48%
45  Bulgaria 73.96%
46  Brunei 73.66%
47  Bolivia 73.52%
48  Argentina 73.17%
49  Romania 72.88%
50  Poland 72.84%
51  Saudi Arabia 72.61%
52  Indonesia 72.39%
53  Panama 72.11%
54  Vietnam 71.26%
55  Kazakhstan 71.18%
56  Jordan 70.63%
57  Cambodia 70.51%
58  Paraguay 69.93%
59  Italy 69.66%
60  Morocco 69.34%
61  Ivory Coast 69.30%
62  Iran 69.27%
63  Chile 69.26%
64  Pakistan 69.99%
65  New Zealand 69.07%
66  France 68.31%
67  South Africa 68.30%
68  Turkey 67.95%
69  Albania 67.94%
70  Germany 65.67%
71  Colombia 65.51%
72  Guatemala 65.13%
73  Russia 65.08%
74  Israel 64.66%
75  Philippines 63.73%
76  Myanmar 62.52%
77  Tunisia 61.38%
78  Brazil 61.26%
79  Dominican Republic 60.60%
80  Armenia 59.99%
81  Costa Rica 58.45%
82  Belarus 56.99%
83  Ireland 56.67%
84  Ecuador 46.69%
85  Egypt 45.43%
86  Sri Lanka 45.30%
87  El Salvador 44.70%
88  Algeria 40.94%
89  Bangladesh 40.50%

2017 Q1 rankings

The following is a list of countries/territories by 4G LTE coverage as measured by OpenSignal.com in 2017 Q1.[5]

Rank Country/Territory Penetration
1  South Korea 96%
2  Japan 93%
3  Norway 87%
4  United States 87%
5  Hong Kong 86%
6  Netherlands 86%
7  Lithuania 85%
8  Sweden 84%
9  Hungary 84%
10  Taiwan 83%
11  Finland 83%
12  Kuwait 83%
13  Singapore 82%
14  Estonia 82%
15  India 82%
16  Qatar 81%
17  Canada 81%
18  Czech Republic 80%
19  Australia 79%
20  Latvia 79%
21  Denmark 78%
22  Thailand 76%
23  Bahrain 76%
24  United Arab Emirates 75%
25  Slovenia 75%
26   Switzerland 74%
27  Belgium 74%
28  Austria 73%
29  Spain 72%
30  Croatia 72%
31  Georgia 72%
32  Slovakia 71%
33  Brunei 70%
34  Bulgaria 70%
35  Mexico 69%
36  Portugal 68%
37  Peru 67%
38  Oman 67%
39  Luxembourg 67%
40  Panama 67%
41  Saudi Arabia 66%
42  Greece 66%
43  United Kingdom 66%
44  Lebanon 65%
45  Malaysia 65%
46  Romania 64%
47  Serbia 64%
48  Cambodia 64%
49  Poland 63%
50  Indonesia 63%
51  Israel 63%
52  South Africa 63%
53  Argentina 62%
54  Jordan 62%
55  Kazakhstan 61%
56  Italy 61%
57  Morocco 61%
58  Colombia 59%
59  Russia 59%
60  Germany 59%
61  France 58%
62  Costa Rica 58%
63  New Zealand 58%
64  Turkey 58%
65  Iran 57%
66  Chile 57%
67  Tunisia 56%
68  Guatemala 56%
69  Dominican Republic 56%
70  Brazil 55%
71  Pakistan 53%
72  Philippines 53%
73  Ireland 49%
74  Ecuador 42%
75  Sri Lanka 40%
76    Nepal 40%

2016 November rankings

The following is a list of countries/territories by 4G LTE coverage as measured by OpenSignal.com in 2016 November.[6]

Rank Country/Territory Penetration
1  South Korea 96%
2  Japan 92%
3  Lithuania 85%
4  Hong Kong 84%
5  Netherlands 84%
6  Singapore 83%
7  Norway 82%
8  Kuwait 82%
9  Sweden 81%
10  United States 81%
11  Qatar 81%
12  Hungary 80%
13  Australia 79%
14  Taiwan 78%
15  Finland 76%
16  United Arab Emirates 76%
17  Canada 75%
18  Estonia 75%
19  China 74%
20  Bahrain 74%
21  Slovenia 74%
22  Czech Republic 73%
23  Latvia 73%
24  India 72%
25   Switzerland 71%
26  Denmark 71%
27  Belgium 70%
28  Thailand 70%
29  Spain 67%
30  Peru 67%
31  Austria 66%
32  Portugal 66%
33  Georgia 65%
34  Luxembourg 65%
35  Brunei 64%
36  Mexico 64%
37  Slovakia 64%
38  Saudi Arabia 63%
39  Argentina 63%
40  South Africa 63%
41  Bulgaria 63%
42  Malaysia 63%
43  Croatia 62%
44  Oman 62%
45  Panama 62%
46  Albania 61%
47  Iceland 61%
48  Morocco 60%
49  Colombia 60%
50  Greece 60%
51  Indonesia 59%
52  Jordan 58%
53  Romania 58%
54  United Kingdom 58%
55  New Zealand 58%
56  Chile 58%
57  Israel 58%
58  Germany 57%
59  Poland 57%
60  Guatemala 57%
61  Cambodia 55%
62  Italy 54%
63  Brazil 54%
64  Tunisia 54%
65  Venezuela 53%
66  Costa Rica 53%
67  Turkey 53%
68  Pakistan 53%
69  Dominican Republic 52%
70  Kazakhstan 52%
71  France 49%
72  Russia 49%
73  Iran 48%
74  Philippines 45%
75  Ireland 43%
76  Ecuador 42%
77  Lebanon 41%
78  Sri Lanka 40%

2015 Q4 rankings

The following is a list of countries/territories by 4G LTE coverage as measured by OpenSignal.com in 2015 Q4.[7]

Rank Country/Territory Penetration
1  South Korea 97%
2  Japan 90%
3  Hong Kong 86%
4  Kuwait 85%
5  Netherlands 84%
6  Singapore 83%
7  United States 81%
8  Uruguay 81%
9  Hungary 79%
10  Taiwan 79%
11  Norway 79%
12  Qatar 79%
13  Sweden 79%
14  Estonia 78%
15  United Arab Emirates 76%
16  China 76%
17  Canada 76%
18  Kazakhstan 75%
19  Finland 75%
20  Australia 75%
21  Slovenia 73%
22  Latvia 71%
23  Denmark 70%
24   Switzerland 69%
25  Portugal 67%
26  Peru 66%
27  Austria 66%
28  Belgium 66%
29  Jordan 65%
30  Czech Republic 65%
31  Saudi Arabia 65%
32  Georgia 64%
33  Slovakia 64%
34  Bolivia 61%
35  Mexico 61%
36  Romania 61%
37  Poland 61%
38  Morocco 60%
39  South Africa 60%
40  Spain 59%
41  Colombia 59%
42  Pakistan 58%
43  Greece 57%
44  Puerto Rico 57%
45  Venezuela 57%
46  Guatemala 57%
47  Italy 57%
48  Thailand 56%
49  Germany 56%
50  Malaysia 55%
51  Russia 55%
52  Oman 54%
53  New Zealand 54%
54  Dominican Republic 53%
55  United Kingdom 53%
56  Brazil 53%
57  Iran 52%
58  Israel 52%
59  Argentina 51%
60  France 51%
61  Bulgaria 50%
62  India 49%
63  Chile 47%
64  Ireland 44%
65  Philippines 43%
66  Ecuador 41%
67  Costa Rica 41%
68  Sri Lanka 39%

2015 Q3 rankings

The following is a list of countries/territories by 4G LTE coverage as measured by OpenSignal.com in 2015 Q3.[8]

Rank Country/Territory Penetration
1  South Korea 97%
2  Japan 90%
3  Hong Kong 86%
4  Kuwait 86%
5  Singapore 84%
6  Uruguay 84%
7  Kazakhstan 81%
8  Netherlands 80%
9  Bahrain 79%
10  United States 78%
11  Sweden 78%
12  China 76%
13  Qatar 75%
14  Australia 74%
15  Estonia 74%

2013 rankings

The following is a list of countries by 4G LTE coverage as measured by Juniper Networks in 2013 and published by Bloomberg.[9][10]

Rank Country/Territory Penetration
1  South Korea 86.0%
2  Japan 21.3%
3  Australia 21.1%
4  United States 19.0%
5  Sweden 14.0%
6  Canada 8.0%
7  United Kingdom 5.0%
8  Germany 3.0%
9  Russia 2.0%
10  Philippines 1.0%
11  Colombia 1.0%

See also

References

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